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Eh, it happens. I mistyped Athas as "Arthas" twice in a thread where I can't edit it anymore. lol Anyways, was very happy with what we got from this one. In particular, Galt actually getting something and something interesting, as well. The idea of the dead being sort of an everpresent fixture...

I mean, those still are changes. Not talking about the Geb part is certainly a difference, and if WotC didn't talk about slavery in Arthas I'm fairly sure that'd be noticed. But also changing things like Duergar being about contracts rather than slaves and Cheliax having indentured servants is...

In the sense that maybe I have a better understanding of what @Hussar has seen on the board? Sure. Why not? Why can't other people have more experience than yourself in certain areas? Is that simply not possible, or do your experiences trump all? My certainly don't in all cases, but I think in...

No, because I didn't see it as a rant, I saw it as someone expressing their exasperation with a problem they've seen a great many times over the years. I mean, you clearly don't post as much as we do, so I can forgive your ignorance of the matter. You clearly haven't seen the phenomenon like we...

Who is "whining"? Read the first half of the post you quoted, which you oddly enough cut out. @Hussar states it pretty clearly that he is frustrated with something that goes beyond this thread, an attitude of "feelings for me, not for thee" that is pretty obvious to anyone who has been outside...

That's great, but I think you're missing the fact that he's calling out others for constantly being aggrieved for not having their desires placated and how that instantly turns around about how those aggrieved with what they like should not be listened to. The whole point is that the people who...

I don't think it's really died off as much as people kind of just either accept the problems with it or dropped it. Like, I know of the whole controversy (among the many other ones, too) and honestly I think the whole thing was completely unnecessary and the justification here to be really bad...

Can we not turn to isekai authors for examples, because the rest of that statement ain't honestly great: Like, this is the sort of attitude I would want to avoid when it comes to a Dark Sun game, and why these sorts of statements won't work: they break down into "We don't condone slavery...

I don't think anyone thinks it's as much a "noble whistleblower" as much as they see value in putting this in the public, rather than trying to hide it or calling it "unprofessional". Just find it very weird to frame it as such when one has no stake in the organization or its reputation, because...

Yeah, but that means they can privately respond, too. There's significantly less pressure, especially from the outside. Putting out a public statement feels like it not only indicates the severity of problems (because such a response is very unusual and has the potential for blowback, thus...

You make a public post like this because other avenues have failed and this puts the organization on the spot rather than letting them smooth things over in private (which is way easier than in public). It also signals to people who might want to report on it to start looking in. Don't...

Real Vic Mignogna/Rekieta Law vibes.

The easy way to fix that would be to allow it to scale with the player (with a bonus to the magical action) or maybe (since it's a spell effect) not let its special attack increase MAP. Edit: Alternatively, your magical attack allows you to move through the opponent while doing the trip/push...

Yeah, I've been told that before (possibly by you, in fact), which is always weird to me but I suppose there are people (even in this thread) who enjoy it. As it stands, I'm just glad that they gave us a solid, easily-integrated variant that moves away from it.

In PF2 I play Automatic Bonus Progression to avoid that sort of thing, too. Removes the magical treadmill, which they should have done as the base state of the game, tbh.

Yeah, you have to be more specific as to what you get out of other games that you aren't here. Not that I'm saying you're wrong, but it's hard to figure out the shape of the problem here with the vagueness. Like, do you want something that might have cool uses but is largely non-combat? Things...

I will also say that the system itself lends itself to really good automation, which allows it to really sing in Foundry. For example, the PF2E HUD by Idle is an absolutely bonkers module which basically puts all your character stuff into a bar like it's an MMO. When my players were learning the...

That would be it! Incredibly useful to the point that my players started noticing "Oh, it's marking me when I'm next in initiative!" Also yeah, the dead body piles are great. Both Rules Lawyer and Lunatic Dice are really good follows for them, and I think Lunatic Dice's guide helped me update my...

Foundry is really fun, but if there is a lesson you need to learn it's that you need to be methodical in how you move every turn. Not like, tactically, but actually in the turn sequence: if you want to get the most out of the system, you have to use things like the Encounter Tracker, which is...

Tell me how it goes! I feel like my groups have finally started to get it together when it comes to when we can game, so I might be doing stuff more regularly. Would be interested in seeing how it goes.